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There's a bit of something for everyone on Xbox Live this week, unless you're into obscure Swedish 1970s cinema, in which case we can't help you. But if you're a Rock Band fan with money to burn, there's some good stuff to be found at the virtual record store. And Halo 3 fans who've burned out and put aside the disk in recent months will surely find more than one reason to step back into Master Chief's armor.

And if you've been dying for some retro PC first-person shooter action, Microsoft and 3D Realms have just the cure for what ails you. This week, the Duke himself visits his special brand of destruction upon XBLA, reminding gamers young and old how shooters used to be.

It seems that space aliens are always trying to steal Earth's women, which is troubling because we need them around to keep us from buying sports cars. In Duke Nukem 3D, a classic 1996 PC shooter from 3D Realms, the title character takes it upon himself to stop such thievery once and for all. The title is now available as an Xbox Live Arcade download, and it's been spruced up with multiplayer and a replay editor. Duke on XBLA is a faithful port of a beloved title. There are just enough extras to make it worth the purchase without making the game feel too different from the original. So grab your sunglasses and head back to a simpler time, when games were more difficult.

The full Rush album Moving Pictures was on track for an August release, but when MTV Games/Harmonix tried to sync the tracks up with the Rock Band store, things went haywire and the launch of the album had to be pushed back. Well, Moving Pictures finally went live on Marketplace this week, and if you haven't downloaded it yet, you're missing out. The album contains the tracks Tom Sawyer (original version), Red Barchetta, YYZ, Limelight (original version), The Camera Eye, Witch Hunt and Vital Signs. These are prog rock classics, just like your older brother used to listen to on his Walkman while mowing the lawn. If you already have Tom Sawyer and Limelight from RB1, grab the whole album.

This week's collection of new Rock Band tracks is a hodgepodge of hotness. Available for purchase a la carte, these six songs are almost all great additions to Rock Band/Rock Band 2. The tracks are "Sorrow" by Bad Religion, "She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult, "Bandages" by Hot Hot Heat, "Shoot the Runner" by Kasabian, "You're No Rock and Roll Fun" by Sleater-Kinney and "Love Spreads" by the Stone Roses. For a full preview of each track, take a look at our most recent edition of Rock Band Refresh, which gives details on each song's difficulty and fun factor.

With all the megaton news Bungie dropped this week, a smaller but more immediate announcement may have slipped through the cracks a bit. Namely, the recent Halo 3 title update. Title Update 2 is a game patch that will auto-install the next time you insert the Halo 3 disk, provided you're connected to Xbox Live. The update introduces Playlist Rankings that will give you specific military grades for each playlist type, 10 new achievements worth 250 points and some new cheat-detection tools. For Halo fans, the new achievements alone should be impetus enough to re-boot the game.

Still on the fence about that Halo 3 title update? Ponder it while you watch Bungie's latest teaser trailer, now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace. The vid gives tantalizing clues about a coming expansion for the Halo 3 campaign, but there are a ton of questions left unanswered. Sit back, watch New Mombasa bite it (spoiler alert) and then play Halo 3. It's the circle of life.

Themes and gamerpics are the hottest thing in videogame marketing since Double Dare. But sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't. Our top pick for download this week, Duke Nukem 3D for XBLA, also has a theme and some pics available now. And although we wouldn't download them ourselves, that could change when the new Dashboard goes live in November. As usual, the meat of each blade image is covered by Xbox Live ads, which defeats the purpose of having the theme in the first place. However, the landing blade looks good and might be worth your points if you're a Duke diehard.

Currently, if you have not downloaded this content, your characters in Soulcalibur IV do not look like they are dressed up for Halloween, apparently. If that seems both true and unfortunate to you, then help is on the way in the form of this downloadable costume pack.

If you're like IGN Xbox Team editor Nate Ahearn, you grew up surrounded by lush golf courses and spent the weekend mornings of your youth sipping mimosas in the clubhouse with Gary Player and David Duval. That means you can afford to pay $7.50 for a downloadable golf course. We're sure it's a great course and all, but that's a little rich for our less-than-blue blood. So if you're super into Tiger 09, give it a go. Otherwise, save your pennies for something else.